“The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.”

— Emil M. Cioran

All Gall Is Divided (1952)

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Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911–1995

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“The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.”

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